Western experts: Moscow will face even more resistance

LONDON (dpa-AFX) – According to Western experts, the Russian troops are making little progress in their offensive in the Ukrainian Donbass region and must expect even stronger resistance in the future. Russian territorial gains were mostly limited to just one or two kilometers, an expert told journalists on Friday. The Ukrainians are also very good at launching counterattacks immediately, so the front line often shifts back and forth. So far mostly only villages and smaller settlements have been conquered. In larger cities like Kramatorsk, the Russians would have to reckon with even more heavily fortified defense structures, the experts said. For larger-scale counter-offensives, however, the Ukrainians are dependent on further arms deliveries from the West./cmy/DP/he